{"id":2029697,"date":"2023-09-12T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-we-get-the-money-plan-to-finally-destroy-city\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:03:49","slug":"chicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-we-get-the-money-plan-to-finally-destroy-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-we-get-the-money-plan-to-finally-destroy-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor introduces new plan to revitalize the city and address its challenges."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-we-get-the-money-plan-to-finally-destroy-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chicago Mayor Channels Ultra-Violent &#8216;Scarface,&#8217; Intros &#8216;First We\u2062 Get the\u2062 Money&#8217; Plan \u2062to Finally Destroy City<\/h2>\n<p>Chicago, how far you\u2019ve \u2064fallen.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago, no longer the metropolis that poet Carl Sandburg\u200d once described \u2064as \u201cbareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No \u2062more.<\/p>\n<p>Now Chicago is\u200b a place where politicians quote the old \u201cScarface\u201d movie in their proposals: \u201cFirst We Get the Money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s \u200bthe new Chicago story\u200d \u2014 tax and tax\u200d and \u200dtax and tax some more. And \u200dthen wreck the place with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-vermont-city-cut-the-police-budget-now-people-wont-speak-out-for-fear-of-being-called-a-racist\/\" title=\"A Vermont City Cut The Police Budget. Now People Won\u2019t Speak Out For Fear Of Being Called A \u2018Racist.\u2019\">reduced police force<\/a>, as\u200c crime increases\u200b and a growing number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cbp-head-biden-administration-is-facilitating-illegal-immigration-into-america\/\" title=\"Former CBP Head: Biden Administration \u2018Is Facilitating Illegal Immigration\u2019 Into America\">illegal immigrants enter<\/a> the city.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the \u201cFirst We Get the Money\u201d plan, Johnson wants to install a mansion tax.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a\u2062 mansion in Chicago? That\u2019s a home that\u2062 Johnson\u2019s people define as selling \u200bfor more \u200cthan $1 \u200bmillion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Chicago\u2019s rich, there aren\u2019t many\u2062 of \u2063them. \u2064Almost 2,400 homes\u200d have\u200c sold recently for over\u200c $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Nut-and-bolts\u2062 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-massive-infrastructure-plan-calls-it-once-in-a-generation-investment\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils Massive Infrastructure Plan, Calls It \u2018Once-In-A-Generation Investment\u2019\">proposed tax increases<\/a>\u200b would\u200d see tax rates jump from .75 \u200bpercent to 2 percent for\u200d houses selling\u2062 from \u2062$1 million to\u200d $1.5 \u200dmillion.<\/p>\n<p>Any sale over $1.5 million would have a tax rate of 3 percent,\u200c which, of course, is okay. After all, you\u2019re \u2063rich, \u200dso\u2062 you can afford that extra money.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of\u200b this proposal would see the rich having to pay more taxes.<\/p>\n<p>But who does Johnson \u2064describe\u2062 as the rich? The rich are anyone in Chicago making over $100,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>A hundred thousand\u2064 dollars in a high-cost, major city is\u2063 rich?<\/p>\n<p>No wonder people\u200d are \u2063fleeing not only the city but the state\u2062 of \u200dIllinois for more friendly locales.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064proposed million-dollar-home taxes are part of \u2064Johnson\u2019s focus on a\u2064 \u201cmore just\u201d city that includes not only more taxes,\u200c but reduced funding for the police.<\/p>\n<p>Is it any wonder\u200c that crime prompted Caterpillar \u2063and Boeing to move\u200d their headquarters when\u200c Lori Lightfoot was in office?<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s problems are hampering \u2064McDonald\u2019s recruitment\u2062 to its headquarters \u2014 to the point \u200dthat it \u2064is considering leaving. Recently\u2063 food processor Tyson\u2062 bailed \u200con Chicago and pulled\u2064 its people to its Arkansas headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce \u2063President Jack\u2063 Lavin is \u2062against the new \u200ctax proposals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain opposed,\u201d Lavin said. \u201cChicago\u2062 would \u200dhave the \u2064second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-we-get-the-money-plan-to-finally-destroy-city\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor introduces new plan to revitalize the city and address its challenges.\">-highest real estate\u2063 transfer tax<\/a> if \u200bthis passed, compared to competitive cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u200bwill deter global investors,\u201d \u200bLavin continued,\u200b beginning to sound almost like the opposite of Carl Sandburg\u2019s Chicago poem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will \u200dimpede development, union job creation, tax-base growth and small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will come at a time when vacancy rates are high,\u2064 sub-lease space available is at a high,\u2064 foreclosures, return to office\u2064 is \u2062still recovering. Property tax rates are up. All of this adds to the burden for the business community,\u201d\u200d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing \u2014 Chicago is considered \u2062a \u201csanctuary city.\u201d And growing numbers of migrants are beginning to hang around, of\u200c all places, a \u200dpolice station.<\/p>\n<p>So it goes in the Windy City.\u2062 And with the ideas of Mayor Johnson, things can only get worse.<\/p>\n<p>How far will you fall, \u2064Chicago?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-mayor-channels-ultra-violent-scarface-intros-first-get-money-plan-finally-destroy-city\/\">Chicago Mayor \u2063Channels Ultra-Violent &#8216;Scarface,&#8217; Intros &#8216;First We Get the Money&#8217; Plan to \u200cFinally Destroy City<\/a> appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago, once a thriving city of progress and resilience, has sadly lost its former glory. Gone are the days of Carl Sandburg&#8217;s poetic depiction of a bustling metropolis. Today, it is disheartening to witness politicians resorting to quoting a movie like &#8220;Scarface&#8221; with their proposals, exemplifying the city&#8217;s decline. &#8220;First We Get the Money&#8221; seems to be the prevailing mindset now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":2029698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}